Change on a year earlierApril 2021Healthcare system
West Bengal: inpatient admissions rose to 4,26,661 in April 2021, against 2,63,714 a year earlier (+62%).
What happened
- April 2021
- 4,26,661
- April 2020
- 2,63,714
- Change
- +1,62,947
- Change, per cent
- +62%
Why it matters
Comparing a week or month with the same week or month a year earlier removes ordinary seasonality: monsoon-season fever, the March reporting rush. What remains is change the calendar does not explain.
For inpatient admissions, neither a rise nor a fall is better in itself, so the observatory marks this movement as unusual rather than good or bad.
Historical context
Compared with the same month of 2020, which removes ordinary seasonality. This comparison involves the COVID-19 disruption period (March 2020 – June 2021), when service use and reporting fell sharply.
The underlying data
| Period | Value | Release | Where in the document |
|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | 4,26,661 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional) | 2021-2022(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
| April 2020 | 2,63,714 | HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2020 (FY 2020-21, provisional) | 2020-2021(Data is Provisional)/A.MonthWise/A-Apr.xlsx: '14.3.1.a' Inpatient (Male) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.1.b' Inpatient (Male)- Adults + '14.3.2.a' Inpatient (Female) - Children < 18 years + '14.3.2.b' Inpatient (Female)- Adults; column "West Bengal", Total [(A+B) or (C+D)] |
Source and method
More signals for inpatient admissions in West Bengal
- West Bengal: 4,33,187 inpatient admissions in March 2021, the most since February 2020.
- West Bengal: 6,65,954 inpatient admissions in July 2019, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: 6,63,571 inpatient admissions in September 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
- West Bengal: 6,47,919 inpatient admissions in August 2018, the most in the series, which begins April 2017.
Cite this
According to the India Health Observatory, West Bengal: inpatient admissions rose to 4,26,661 in April 2021, against 2,63,714 a year earlier (+62%). Source: Health Management Information System, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, HMIS item-wise monthly report, All India across states, April 2021 (FY 2021-22, provisional). https://indiahealthobservatory.com/signals/ipd-admissions--west-bengal--2021-04--yoy_change
See also West Bengal and 4,26,661 in context.